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New Orleans Improvement League: Fighting for integration in the shadows of the NAACP

Sometimes a simple question can lead you down a rabbit hole. That’s the enjoyment of reference, your ability to learn something new while...

NOLA4Women: The Grassroots Activism of Dorothy Mae Taylor

Dorothy Mae (Delavallade) Taylor was an authoritative political figure in New Orleans and Louisiana, whose fiery rhetoric shook the old...

50 Years/50 Collections: Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb and the Refugee Scholars of the HBCUs

In Germany in the 1930s, many scholars had to make a difficult choice. As the political climate in Europe soured when Adolf Hitler and...

RELEASE: Kathe Hambrick Appointed The Center's Executive Director, read more...